First in a two-part series, this backgrounder traces the origins and earliest deployments of Russia’s infamous mercenary outfit: the Wagner Group.

The result heaps further pressure on the Fed to move up the schedule of its rate normalization.

A recent high-profile ruling against ‘jurisdiction shopping’ would seem to suggest that the UAE system is moving in the right direction.

News of oil’s death may well be premature.

Examining Armenia’s outsize impact on French presidential politics.

No ‘second-class’ members in NATO, CSTO troops sent to Kazakhstan, and inflation shows no signs of fading in the euro zone.

Chronicling the events that led to the present low point in China-Australia relations.

Historical factors may point to a union, but any path is fraught with geopolitical and demographic hurdles.

The AUKUS alliance has chipped away at the pillars holding up French power projection in the Indo-Pacific.

The latest defense department report on China’s military modernization suggests that Beijing is rapidly closing the capability gap with Western peers, particularly with regard to air, sea, and missile forces.